The Portland daily press., 1887-01-01
THE LAST SAD RITES.
Funeral of the Late Senator Logan
at Washington Yesterday.
Impressive Ceremonies Held In the
Senate Chamber.
A Vas: crowd Of People Pay Respect
to the Dead Statesman.
A Most Elaborate Civic and Military
Display.

morning toward the Capitol to view the re-
mains Of the dead statesman. But the time
| opportunity for all to. pass by. At II o'clock
the doors were closed to the general public
| and while two ranks of Grand Army Vet
Grams filed on either side Of the bier the
undertaken screwed down the lid of the
casket. AT 1910 O'Clock the pail bearers
| took their places and conveyed the easket to
| the Senate chamber.
The hall Of the Senate was tastefully
| draped and the chair Of the dead Senator
i was covered with Grape. The Clerks desk
was almost hidden in a bank Of floral en-
| blems, tianked on the right and left re-
/ spectively by huge anchor Of white and an
immense representation Of the badge Of the
10th Army Corps, Two or three hundred
| additional chairs had been arranged in rows
| for the accommodation OF those who had
been invited to do honor to the deceased.
Senators came In singly or in pairs and
took the seats assigned on the left Of the
presiding officers desk, leaving the three
i front rows vacant
| At this time the following persons In the
| order named marched into the Senate cham
Der and took the seats assigned to them;
| The Cabinet.
| Supreme Court.
Diplomatic Corps. =,
1 Committee of Senator'S
/ Committee Of Representatives.
Family and relatives, admitted at the north door
| nearest the Vice Presidents rOom and
| followed BY the presiding ofiicer.
4 al DcdIclo.
President Cleveland was not present The
chair asslgnedto him him was left vacant.
/ In the gallery were seats occupied by Mrs.
| Cleveland, Mrs. Folsom and wives Of the
| Cabinet members.
A hush then. fell over the assembly, and
| DR.. Newman delivered an address, Of which
the following Is an abstract:
!. Again this chamber Is the shrine Of the ma
| ti0n's dead. On these lwalls are again the
emblems OF national grief. Once more IS
heard the measured step OF those who mourn
the departure Of faithful public servant,
| an honored private citizen, an abiding friend
| a devoted husband and a loving father. Only
| those are thus honored at this shrine of the
| republic whose virtues, whose services, whose
| talents have secured for them the distn-
| guished position Of Senator Of the United
States, and where else than here In this place
| OF honor, the arena of his great triumphs.
| where he displayed his eminent talents In
statesmanship,. where he was respected by
| all for the purity Of his intentions, the ar
| dor OF his patriotism, the courage OF his con-
| yictions, the power Of logic and the unselfsh
| devotion to public g0od-where else than
here should Logan be honored with the
| rites Of burial?
His was an honorable parentage. His
fathers genius and his mothers beauty
blended In sweet harmony to bless his child
hood. Irish brilliancy and Scotch solidity
combined In his temperament while he stood
| forth, the true American and typical man of
the West, Of whom his nation Is Justly proud.
From them he inherited his splendid ply
sque, his capacious intellect and his loyal,
loving, generous heart. In that Christian
home his young intellect was developed and
his young heart was taught that divine reli-
gion from which he never wavered.
VI MS power In the nation there can be no
question. Strong reason, sound judgment,
capacious and retentive memory, a vigor-
GUS and warm imagination, and a compre-
hensiye understanding are essential to high
intellectually. In these Logan ranks among
our foremost men. Others are great in self
entifc attainments. In literature. in acqui-
sltion OF languages, but who has excelled
him in useful information, Of science, and
literature and law, in knowledge Of his
country, its history, its resources and its
possibilities? From his admission TO the
bar at the age Of % to his position as Senator
he has left the impress Of his intellect upon.
national legislation. What great meas6.e Is
without his hon0red name? Future genera
ti0ns will read his speeches with wonder and
admiration. In all his legislative life he
was never crushed in debate. He was never
in disguise. He was as you saw him. He
lived In times of great corruption, when the
strongest men of both parties fell, either
blasted by public exposure or by ignorant
denunciations. But Logan was untouched
He was above suspicion. The smell of fire
was not on his garments. Others made for
tunes out Of the blood Of their country, but
for five years in war and twenty-five years in
Congress Logan was poor in purse, but rich
In his good name.
DR.. Newman then spoke of Gen Logan as
a soldier and the veterans friend, and closed
with glowing tribute to the dead states
mans attributes as husband and father.
Then promptly upon the announcement Of
the. presiding officer, the clergy conducted
der:
Clergy and medical attendants.
Pail Bearers.
Hearse.
Committee of the Senate and House Of Repre-
sentatives.
Family and attendants.
The Cabinet
Supreme Court.
Diplomatic Corps.
Senators.
Representatives.
Officers OF the Senate.
Governors Of States and other Invited persons
Committees Of the Grand Army Of the Republic
Etc, Etc.
The procession proceeded to Rock Creek
Cemetery, where the remains are to be tenn
At the head Of the procession rode Lieut..
Gen. Philip III. Sheridan in his full uniform,
covered by his military cloak He was fol-
lowed BY four members Of his staff in line,
crape-coyered drums, playing a funeral
march. The guns and caissons of the bat
teries moved in double line, and the dis
mounted artillery, with. their red lined
cl0aks thrown back, marched in plato0ns as
infantry. The marines, headed by their
band and drum corps, carried their arms re-
yersed, as did the militia organizations which
came next The colors Of all organizations
were furled and draped in black. The
Grand Army posts and all uniformed delega-
tions, together with six carriages containing
the m0urners, clergy and pall-bearers pre-
ceeded the hearse. This was drawn by four
spirited black horses, covered almost entire
ly with sombre trapplngs and cloths, and
moved in the centre OF hollow square
formed by its Grand Army escort. A long
double line OF carriages closed the process
sion. The broad streets were kept clear Of
crowds by the police, but the sidewalks
throughout the populous parts Of the route
were througed, despite the terribly inclement
weather.
At $40 o'clock the large bell at the ceme-
terry began to toll and the head OF the pro-
cession passed slowly through the entrance
to the accompaniment Of funeral air from
the artillery band. Gen. Sheridan, accom-
panied by an orderly came in advance and
took up position at the tomb, where he was
cession wound slowly along beneath the
dark evergreen arches, and the artillery
formed a line in front Of the tomb until the
first OF the carriages came up. They then
formed in fours and followed by a military
contingent took up position In the road to
the north Of the tomb. The pail bearers
alighted and took their places on the foot
walk while the hearse slowly turned the
road at the foot Of the hill. The Marine
band posted opposite the tomb began to
play NEARER my God to Thee" The casket
was removed and placed on tho bier at the
entrance to the marble vault BY this time
the occupants Of the carriages had alighted
and remained standing on the foot walk. A
carriage containing immediate members Of
the dead Senator's family drove up and took
a position directly in front Of the tomb.
John A. Logan, Jr,, alighted, but Mrs. Lo-
gan remained in the carriage throughout the
the ceremony.
Standing near the head Of the casket, De-
partment Chaplain Swallow began 10 read
the burial service Of the G. A. X. The scene
was very impressive. Surrounding the cas-
ket stood members Of the Cabinet, Senators
and Representatives, army officers Of high
rank, and grey haired veterans of the war
with uncovered heads, while in a low but dis
tinct voice the chaplain read the simple but
solemn burial service.
When he had finished, Rev. DE-. Newman
stepped forward and in an impressive man
ner delivered the Lords prayer and con-
cluded with the benedction. The band be-
gan playing softly. AS the pail bearers bore
the casket into the tomb, a trumpeter stand
idg at the entrance Of the tomb raised an
instrument to his lips and broke the dead
silence with taps" Qights out)
The casket was then uncovered and some
Of the dead Senators relatives and friends
passed through the entrance and took a last